‘Lolito’ ventures into risky cougar-and-junior territory
When it comes to general relationship politics, goodness have the tables turned. You might recall the classic Stanley Kubrick film Lolita, in which a lolly-pop sucking…
A new prison drama that’s big on laughs
While Australian prison series Wentworth is going great guns on telly, make room in your viewing itinerary for fellow all-girl inmate drama Orange Is The New…
‘Lovelace’: like ‘Boogie Nights’ but with a quasi-feminist bottom-line
My usual film-going pal wasn’t able to make it to the preview of Lovelace, a biopic about 1970s porn star, Linda Lovelace, hence I had to…
Helping strip away those wrinkles…
For those who prefer a more natural alternative to botox, or, like me, have an aversion to needles, this new product by Furlesse will keep those…
Even with tragedy at its heart Tim Winton’s ‘Shrine’ shines
Seeing from a distance the poster of Tim Winton’s new play Shrine, it looks like it could be a Shakespearean production such as Henry VIII or…
Oz inject a sense of ‘ockerness’ into the circus
The word ‘circus’ comes from the Latin for ‘circle’, namely because such entertaining productions began by being hosted in a ring or, if you will, ‘in…
Madonna aficionado shines new light on an ol’ icon
There are Madonna fans. And then there’s the Madonna aficionado. That’d be Michael Griffiths. The all-round talent who appeared in Jersey Boys, has gone out on…
Christa Hughes takes cabaret out of its comfort zone to deliver one hell of an hilarious show
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, especially when it comes to the entertainment business. But when Christa Hughes takes it upon herself to…
Review: The Quiddity of Will Self – A Novel
Ooh, she’s a clever one, author Sam Mills: playing on the desires of queer-lit-loving postmodernists with the title of her latest book alone. Of course you’d…
Book on ’80s fashion fails to hit the mark
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but you should at least be able to surmise whether its content is credible enough from…
The gamut of modern art grace the walls of AGWA
Van Gogh, Dalí & Beyond: The World Reimagined opened at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) recently, and is the third in a series of…
Emma Birdsall delivers sweet jazz-like pop tune
Where does talent from The Voice go once they’ve been eliminated in the live rounds and not necessarily won the ‘big gig’? To LA, in the…
David Bowie Is: an amazing icon paid tribute to in a glorious book
Coffee table books don’t get more aesthetically pleasing than this. David Bowie Is is the definitive tribute to one of the world’s greatest music icons, gender…
